The goal of this website is to help you learn about
transcommunication including what it is, how to work with it
and theories about how it works.

When encountering an extraordinary
event, seek first to find commonalities with other
extraordinary events and known science before assuming something new.

Welcome!

Founded in 1982, the Association TransCommunication (ATransC) is a 501
(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the study of all forms of
transcommunication, which is communication across the veil, with an emphasis on
Instrumental TransCommunication
(ITC), and its subset, Electronic
Voice Phenomena
(EVP). The organization is dedicated to objective understanding of
communication with the other side based on
research. Today, it is amongst the very few organizations in the
English-speaking world that provides information about the
Trans-survival Hypothesis
from the perspective of current understanding about transcommunication.

Co-director Tom Butler is developing a cosmology based on the
Trans-survival Hypothesis on his personal pages at
ethericstudies.org. This includes an in-depth look at the
Trans-survival Hypothesis.
All of this is based on current understanding from the
parapsychological community and the results of research and study by
past members of the ATransC.

The ATransC is
supported by donations which are used to support research and public outreach. This
website which includes over 400 pages of information has been made
possible by donations from the public (and in the past, by members). None of the volunteers,
including the directors, receive compensation. All of the funds,
including proceeds from the Butler's book,
There is No Death and There are No Dead, are applied to operations,
outreach and research.

Video-loop ITC: The left image was formed in noise
produced with a video feedback loop. You should see a man
holding a small white dog. It is typical for portions of the
image to be distorted. There are more examples
here.

Moving-water ITC: We see unexpected features in all
kinds of optical noise. In the middle example, the head
facing to your left and wearing what appears to be an
ancient hat, was formed in noise produced by light
reflecting from rapidly moving water. Moving-water ITC is an
easy experiment for you to conduct at home. See other
examples by the Socrates Circle
here.

Transform EVP ITC: As with optical features, we find
voice formed in audio-frequency noise. The example here was
recorded with a digital note taker. When the Butlers visited
Alcatraz, they recorded for EVP at a place from which San
Francisco can be seen through a barred window. The city is
beautiful and seemed very close. The Butlers knew it must
have been a terrible torture for the inmates to see freedom
so close, yet so far away. Lisa said as much while
recording, and captured this voice saying, "Think
Positively ... instantly away."
There are more examples
here.

ATransC Is Unique Amongst "Paranormal" Organizations

Learning about the paranormal is not just an interesting thing to do.
The reality of such unexplained phenomena involving transcommunication
has profound implications for everyone. There is strong evidence that
these phenomena mean that the personality of people
survives in an aspect of reality other
than the physical. While evidence for survival awaits better research,
mounting evidence for the existence of a form of as yet unexplained
nonphysical energy is expected to soon force reconsideration of many
physical principles long considered laws of nature. The fact that this
nonphysical energy can be shown to be influenced by people's thoughts
and can be beneficial to the wellbeing of people is already changing the
way many people live.

Transcommunication
is spiritualism
sans religion.

We invite you to first study the evidence offered on this website and
then decide whether or not you are ready to take the next step in your
personal development. There are a number of organizations that will tell
you about things paranormal. Most will only allow you to participate if
you have an advanced academic degree. The ATransC is amongst the very
few that considers these phenomena from the perspective of survived
personality, rather than just human potentials and which actively seeks
public participation.

The ATransC is amongst the very few
organizations in the English speaking world that includes the
possibility of survived personality in the study of these. If you think
this study is important, then please consider supporting the
organization by participating in the
Idea Exchange, Collectiveand subscribing to the "Occasional Update
eMail".

The ATransC Logo

The gold logo is a Möbius strip folded into an infinity
sign. A Möbius strip is formed by twisting a strip of
material 180 degrees and connecting the two ends so that the
backside of one end is connected to the front side of the
other. An ant walking along the surface would be on the
opposite side each time it passes the front of the symbol.

The symbolism of the logo is that “both sides are really one
and that one continues forever.”

Objectivity

The study of transcommunication is the study of conceptual
influences causing objective effects. They remain
conceptual as long as the influences are in the mind of the
experiencer or observer. While all objective influences
appear to require a physical person as a conduit, the
ATransC attempts to focus primarily on those phenomena that
have a substantial objective component which can be
experienced by many and studied using the tools of physical
science.

What this website offers

The over 400 pages of this website are maintained free to you but you
are asked to consider supporting this research. If you feel this information
is important, that it is important to learn more and that you have
benefited from the work of the ATransC, then please consider supporting
this work.

The first priority is to have confident transform EVP practitioners
support the current
research project. Lacking the necessary examples for this study,
funds are being solicited to support a formal research grant which
will be let to a qualified academic. Your donations
will help make this possible.

Theory

There has to be a "so what" for any study. Yes, there are
unexpected phenomena, and yes, they appear to provide evidence of
survival of personality, a greater reality and transcommunication. Of
course this has important implications for science, but what does it
mean to the individual? How should people respond to the likelihood they
will find themselves very much alive on the
other side of the veil?

An extensive
White Paper on
transcommunication and many
examples are maintained on the website for
public access. Personal stories offered in the
Circles section and articles in the Article
section are intended to provide role models for people wanting to
learn how others have experienced these phenomena.

A very useful search tool
is provided so that you can search the paranormal community.

Archived ATransC NewsJournal

All of the quarterly
ATransC NewsJournals published since 2000 are in the Idea Exchange
Archive. Reading the past NewsJournals affords
an important education about transcommunication that cannot be found
anywhere else in the world. As a "Thank you" to people donating to
support the work of the ATransC, people donating
$30 or more will have a one-year access to the archive and the
Supporter's Forum region of the Idea Exchange where the Directors
are available to answer questions.

Online Journal

There are no peer-reviewed journals specifically dedicated to study
reports about transcommunication. The ATransC
Journal is an online feature that provides important background
information for people wishing to conduct research in this field.

Media Watch

Tom and Lisa Butler have been writing a column about current news items
concerning things paranormal since 2001. The columns are archived on
ATransC.org and have a dedicated search tool. Anyone wishing to research
such subjects as energy healing, belief surveys and new discoveries
about psi functioning should consider using the
Media Watch Archive as a beginning
resource.

A person can become knowledgeable about these
phenomena and learn to work with ITC by taking the time to study the
contents of this website but it is important to work with others who can
act as "objective advisors."

Our promise to you

ATransC
will continue to provide this website and expand its services as long as
there is sufficient interest and support from the public. The only
advertising here is for closely related organizations such as the
Forever Family Foundation. All links are to sources of additional
information and never to "text ads," so feel safe following the links.

The directors will continue to do their very best to assure that what the ATransC brings to the public is objective evidence of survival.

Founded in 1982 by Sarah Estep to Provide Objective Evidence
That We Survive Death in an Individual Conscious State.

Understanding the what is known
about “the other other side of the veil” opens
doors to more than just the afterlife. The Otherside
Online Magazine seeks to provide reliable
information about the paranormal.

ATransC is a publicly supported organization.
Our mission is to bring this information to the public as clearly
and correctly as possible. You can help by letting us know if
you find a typo or something that grammatically does not make
sense.

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